Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the grand master of cooking skills and methods, Jacques Pépin's classic work that serves as a staple in both home and professional kitchens around the world.

Comprehensive, authoritative, but never intimidating, Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques--which combines the master chef's landmark works, La Methode and La Technique--includes more than 600 cooking techniques and methods along with 160 recipes. Each recipe and technique is explained using step-by-step instructions accompanied by more than 1,000 photographs featuring Pépin himself. Follow along as this culinary legend demonstrates every aspect of classic cooking, from start to finish, teaching readers how to bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect hollandaise, knead a crispy baguette, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional. Throughout the book are Pepin's classic recipes, which offer budding masters the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results.

The time-tested recipes in this volume teach everyone, from the greenest home cook to the most wizened professional, how to put techniques into practice. This completely revised edition includes color and black-and-white photographs and is redesigned to make it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.

Review Quotes

"Concise. Informative. Indispensible."
--Anthony Bourdain

"Jacques Pépin became my mentor through these techniques."
--Tom Colicchio

"Jacques Pépin taught me that mastery begins with the fundamentals."
--Thomas Keller


"There has never been anything like it anywhere."
--Julia Child


"There is no greater chef in America than Jacques Pépin when it comes to teaching passionate home cooks and young chefs how to master the techniques of French cooking and appreciate the importance of taste and presentation.... A must-have in every American kitchen."
--Daniel Boulud

"This book isn't just a classic--it's a companion to every cookbook on your shelf, a guide that brings confidence and technique to all your cooking."
--Carla Hall

About the Author

Jacques Pépin is a chef, author, television personality, educator, and artist. He has starred in twelve acclaimed PBS cooking series including Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home which won a Daytime Emmy Award. The winner of sixteen James Beard Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, he is the author of over thirty cookbooks, including The Apprentice, Essential Pépin, and Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple. His dedication to culinary education led to the creation of the Jacques Pépin Foundation in 2016.